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PRESS RELEASE: 2025 HEA Conference to Address Hawai‘i’s Insurance Crisis on Sept. 9

Posted on 08/15/2025 10:04 pm  /   Events

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Experts to Explore Hawai'i's Insurance Crisis at 2025 HEA Annual ConferenceSeptember 9, 2025 HONOLULU, Aug. 15, 2025 – With rising costs and shrinking coverage disrupting households, businesses, and public services across the islands, the 2025 Hawai‘i Economic...

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Hawaii’s System Of Public Funding For Elections Doesn’t Work

Posted on 07/10/2022 12:00 am  /   Colin Moore, News

The arrests of former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro and prominent Honolulu businessman Dennis Mitsunaga were important reminders that a great deal of public corruption in Hawaii is tied to campaign fundraising. As in much of the nation, our political system is plagued by a culture o...

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Inflation’s Rise Underscores Hawaii’s Need For Affordable Housing

Posted on 03/25/2022 12:00 am  /   News, Paul Migliorato

Calling Hawaii a “salad bowl” where people of different ethnic and economic backgrounds can co-exist and prosper is a familiar trope. The ethnic diversity part is largely accurate, at least compared with most other states. And Hawaii replenishes its population constantly, attracting a h...

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Tourism And Its Discontents

Posted on 08/23/2021 12:00 am  /   News, Paul Migliorato

In 1993 Hawaii welcomed 6,070,995 visitors. Among them were me, my spouse, and our daughter, then 5 months old. We also contributed to another statistic — the 2,212,129 visitors who arrived in Maui that year. Our first trip to Hawaii acted like a gateway drug. We were enchanted. But we were a...

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A Lesson From Hawaii's COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout

Posted on 04/08/2021 12:00 am  /   News, Paul Migliorato

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in Hawaii has been a revelation. Working together, the state and private care providers created an efficient and effective process that benefits both health outcomes for residents and prospects for economic recovery. It is an example of a public-private partnersh...

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2026 HEA Annual Conference | Hawaii in the Age of AI: Opportunities, Risks, and Choices

This is not an IT conference! Repeat. This is not an IT conference! This is a conference about how Hawaii can prepare for a world transformed by AI. It will ask participants what the world will look in 2035 and how the state will need to adapt.

 

 

 

 

 

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